GlobalSelect, the only FBO at Houston-area Sugar Land Regional Airport (KSGR) has opened a 38,600-sq-ft hangar that brings the airport-operated facility to greater than 82,000 sq ft of aircraft cupboard space. The $6.3 million project was the results of an FAA edict to remove an existing 40,000-sq-ft hangar as a part of the $30 million relocation of 8,000-foot Taxiway A.
The substitute was designed with exterior features reminiscent of stucco-treated metal panels and a stone façade to integrate with the nearby 20,000-sq-ft FBO terminal. Its east-facing wall features a series of 24-foot-tall arched windows so drivers on State Highway 6 can view the aircraft while stopped on the intersection. The inside is lit by energy-efficient, high-bay LED lights, while the five doors on the hangar opening will be opened independently or all at the identical time to supply the road crew flexibility when moving aircraft. As well as, 70 recent valet parking spaces are secured behind an access gate.
“We could have built one other gray metal hangar like so many others, but asked ourselves, ‘why not be relentless trailblazers and create something spectacular?’” said Elizabeth Rosenbaum, director of aviation at KSGR. “This hangar is certainly one of the various very recently accomplished projects that display our embrace of positive change.”
KSGR can be home to a 140,000-sq-ft Sky Harbour private hangar complex.
